Peter Capaldi
Known for Acting · 177 credits
- Born
- 1958-04-14 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography
Peter Dougan Capaldi (born April 14, 1958) is a Scottish actor, writer and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who and Malcolm Tucker the spin doctor in The Thick of It, for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. When he reprised the role in In the Loop, Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2012, Capaldi wrote (with Tony Roche), directed and performed in The Cricklewood Greats, an affectionate spoof documentary about a fictitious film studio, which tracks real developments and trends throughout the history of British cinema. Film roles include Oldsen in Local Hero, Angus Flint in Ken Russell's The Lair of the White Worm, and Mr Curry in Paddington and its sequel, Paddington 2. As a director, Capaldi won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life. He went on to write and direct the drama film Strictly Sinatra and helmed two series of sitcom Getting On.
Known For
TV Shows (73)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Laurence Barker
Doctor Who
2005
as Caecilius / The Doctor
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Claude Langton
Black Mirror
2011
as Older Cameron Walker
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Penguins of Madagascar
2008
as Uncle Nigel (voice)
Skins
2007
as Mark
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
The One Show
2006
as Self
Minder
1979
as Ozzie
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Bruce Coldfield / Simon
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self
Foyle's War
2002
as Raymond Carter
Waking the Dead
2001
as Lucien Calvin
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Zeno Vedast
Torchwood
2006
as John Frobisher
Peep Show
2003
as Professor Alistair MacLeish
Prime Suspect
1991
as Vernon 'Vera' Reynolds
The Musketeers
2014
as Cardinal Richelieu
My Family
2000
as Colin Judd
Criminal Record
2024
as DCI Daniel Hegarty
Judge John Deed
2001
The Thick of It
2005
as Malcolm Tucker
The Devil's Hour
2022
as Gideon Shepherd
Accused
2010
as Frank Ryland
The Afternoon Play
2003
as Billy Shannon
TFI Unplugged
2026
as Self
Dramarama
1983
as The British Ambassador
The Hour
2011
as Randall Brown
Travelling Man
1984
as John
The Vicar of Dibley
1994
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
as Self
Chandler & Co
1994
as Larry
Watership Down
2018
as Kehaar (voice)
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Dolben
Doctor Who Extra
2014
as Self
Sea of Souls
2004
as Gordon Fleming
Class
2016
as The Doctor
Neverwhere
1996
as Islington
This Morning
1988
as Self - Guest
10 Minute Tales
2009
as The Man
Cold Blood
2008
as Self - Narrator
Shadow of the Noose
1989
as Robert Wood
In Deep
2001
as Jeremy Church
The Devil's Whore
2008
as King Charles I
Stay Lucky
1989
Getting On
2009
as Peter Healy
100 Questions with Tom Simons
2026
as Self
Rik Mayall Presents
1993
as David Critchley
Fortysomething
2003
as Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Lord Fellamar
Psychos
1999
as Mark Collins
Doctor Who: The Fan Show
2015
Selling Hitler
1991
as Thomas Walde
Trawlermen
2006
as Narrator (voice)
The Nativity
2010
as Balthazar
Fallen Angel
2007
as Henry Appleton
The Crow Road
1996
as Rory McHoan
Movies (104)
World War Z
2013
as W.H.O. Doctor
The Suicide Squad
2021
as Thinker
Paddington
2014
as Reginald Curry
Paddington 2
2017
as Reginald Curry
Christopher Robin
2018
as Rabbit (voice)
Bean
1997
as Gareth
The Fifth Estate
2013
as Alan Rusbridger
The Lair of the White Worm
1988
as Angus Flint
Dangerous Liaisons
1988
as Azolan
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (12) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
2014
as Self
In the Loop
2009
as Malcolm Tucker
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (12) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
2014
as The Doctor (12)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
as Birgo Lander
Local Hero
1983
as Danny Oldsen
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
as The Doctor (12)
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (12)
Max
2002
as David Cohn
Bistro
2010
as Max
But Why?
2021
as Older Man (uncredited)
The Big Night In
2020
as Self
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
2014
as The Doctor
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster
2011
as Peter Van Gellis
Benediction
2021
as Siegfried Sassoon (Older)
Aftersun
2006
as Jim
Inside the Mind of Leonardo
2013
as Leonardo da Vinci
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
as Mr. Micawber
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992
as Luke Wakefield
What Rats Won't Do
1998
as Tony
House of 9
2005
as Max Roy
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as The Doctor
Up Line
1987
as Scott Dare
Modigliani
2004
as Jean Cocteau
The Treasure Seekers
1996
as Jellicoe
Jealousy
1993
as John
Magicians
2007
as Mike Francis
Turtle Diary
1985
as Assistant Keeper
The Rise of the Nutters
2007
as Malcolm Tucker
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Friend from the Future
2016
as The Doctor
The Best Man
2005
as Priest
Captives
1994
as Simon
Shooting Fish
1997
as Mr Gilzean
Michael Powell
2005
as Narrator
Do Not Disturb
1991
as Bruce
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014
as The Doctor
Communicators From Hell
1989
Prison, My Parents & Me
2016
as Narrator
The Greatest Store in the World
1999
as Mr. Whiskers
The Murder at Road Hill House
2011
as Samuel Kent
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as Self
December Bride
1990
as Young Sorleyson
The Academy of Armando
2025
as Self
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio
2016
as The Doctor
Solid Geometry
2002
as David Hunter
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
as Gavin Bellini
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985
as George Harrison
Riverwoods: An Untold Story
2022
as Narrator
Selling Hitler
1993
as Thomas Walde
Living Apart Together
1982
as Joe
National Theatre Live: Constellations
2021
as Roland
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006
as Andy McEntee
Rosie the Great
1989
as The British Ambassador
Wild Country
2005
as Father Steve
Giving Tongue
1996
as Duncan Fielding
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
as David Critchley
Unconditional Love
2003
as DI Terry Machin
The Love Child
1988
as Dillon
The Cricklewood Greats
2012
as Himself
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
2013
as Self - Presenter
God's Chosen Car Park
1986
as Everard
The Secret Agent
1992
as Mr Vladimir
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
2019
as Narrator
Spinners and Losers
2007
as Malcolm Tucker
The Cloning of Joanna May
1992
as Isaac
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003
as Derek
Dream Baby
1989
as Willie
A Portrait of Scotland
2009
as Self - Presenter
The Natural World--Komodo: The Deadly Bite
2011
I Hate Christmas Too
1997
as Man
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Meditation
2015
as The Doctor
Hotel!
2001
as Hilton Gilfoyle
Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
2004
as John
Lost for Words
1996
as The Tourist
Napoleon's Waterloo
2004
as Narrator
Martin's Close
2019
as Dolben
The Story of a Recluse
1987
as Jamie Kirkwood
Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life
2021
as Self
Runway One
1995
as Mick Galligan
Salvage
2004
as James Mulwray
Boswell's Boswell
1998
as James Boswell (voice)
Doctor Who: Heaven Sent
2015
as The Doctor
What has the BBC ever done for me?
2026
as Self
Doctor Who: World Enough and Time & The Doctor Falls
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Magician's Apprentice & The Witch's Familiar
2015
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Girl Who Died & The Woman Who Lived
2015
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Zygon Invasion & The Zygon Inversion
2015
as The Doctor
The Madness of Peter Howson
2010
as Narrator
Doctor Who: Under the Lake & Before the Flood
2015
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Extremis & The Pyramid at the End of the World & The Lie of the Land
2017
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Face the Raven & Heaven Sent & Hell Bent
2015
as The Doctor
About Peter Capaldi
Peter Dougan Capaldi (born April 14, 1958) is a Scottish actor, writer and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who and Malcolm Tucker the spin doctor in The Thick of It, for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. When he reprised the role in In the Loop, Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2012, Capaldi wrote (with Tony Roche), directed and performed in The Cricklewood Grea… With 177 credits spanning from 1971 to 2026, Peter Capaldi has appeared in 104 films and 73 TV shows.
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- World War Z (2013) — as W.H.O. Doctor
- The Suicide Squad (2021) — as Thinker
- Paddington (2014) — as Reginald Curry
- Paddington 2 (2017) — as Reginald Curry
- Christopher Robin (2018) — as Rabbit (voice)
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